Brenton Gieser is a biracial Korean-American film director who builds worlds from the inside out, exploring the violence of being unseen and the systems that make it so.

His feature documentary The 50 (acquired by Grasshopper Film) tells the story of fifty men who became the first substance abuse counselors to come out of the prison system. It spent weeks in the top 10 on the Apple TV+ documentary charts. His narrative shorts are two dystopian takes on where we are headed: LOOP, an expansive sci-fi corporate thriller that reached 100K views in three days, and Compliance (post-production), an idiosyncratic study of the surveillance state and social media culture.

His debut narrative feature Dark Star, a Korean-language spirit epic tracing generational wounds across time, is in development as a Korean-American co-production.

Brenton is a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 honoree, a distinction celebrating the top emerging talent in documentary. His films have screened at DOC NYC, Mill Valley, Santa Barbara International, Big Sky, CIFF, HollyShorts, and SF Indie Fest.

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brentongieser@gmail.com

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